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Definition of Dreys
1. drey [n] - See also: drey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dreys
Literary usage of Dreys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lexicon Cornu-britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of by Robert Williams (1865)
"Written also dris, drys, (frets, and dreys. W. tros, dros. Arm. dreist. IT. tains.
Gael, thairis. .... Bom- myn dreys keyn, blows over the back. PC 2729. ..."
2. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"The dreys are mostly a sediment in liquors, but many things are a sediment which
are not dregs. After the dregs are taken away,.there will frequently remain ..."
3. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1906)
"I have taken three " dreys " this year, none occupied by young ; in two I ...
It certainly breeds in the squirrels' "dreys," as I have it breeding out now ..."
4. The Ancient Cornish Drama by Edwin Norris (1859)
"... beyond the prohibition of my dear Lord, O 172. ow mos dres pow, going over
the country, R1511. dreys dour tyber, through the river Tiber, R 2214. er, ..."
5. Iron edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1849)
"The principal superiority in dreys' muskets consists in their ensuring a truer
... dreys' new musket well deserves the Attention of all gun-makers; 11. ..."
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